Barry C. Cole, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments: Internal Medicine - Professor Emeritus

Divisions: Rheumatology

Academic Office Information

Barry.Cole@hsc.utah.edu

Research Interests

  • Immunomodulation
  • Pathogenesis of mycoplasmal infections with particular emphasis on experimental rodent arthritis and mycoplasma/cell interact
  • Etiology of human rheumatoid arthritis and general mechanisms of inflammation
  • Mechanisms of genetic control of experimental inflammation
  • Mechanisms of T-cell and B-cell activation mediated by superantigens and role of superantigens in autoimmune disease
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Toll-Like Receptors
  • Lipopeptides

Education History

Postdoctoral Fellowship University of Birmingham
Virology and Bacteriology 		Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellowship University of Utah School of Medicine
Arthritis 		Postdoctoral Fellow
Doctoral Training University of Birmingham
Oral Pleuropneumonia-Like Organisms 		Ph.D.
Undergraduate University of Birmingham
Studies on the Genus Leuconostoc 		B.S.

Selected Publications

  1. Cole BC, Atkin CL, Oliphant A, Pole A (1998). Mycoplasma arthritidis superantigen. U.S. Patent No. U-1195. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  2. Cole BC (1993). Mycoplasma arthritidis T-cell mitogen. U.S. Patent No. T676 U-1195. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Global Impact

Education History

Type School Degree
Doctoral Training University of Birmingham
Oral Pleuropneumonia-Like Organisms		 Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellowship University of Birmingham
Virology and Bacteriology		 Postdoctoral Fellow
Undergraduate University of Birmingham
Studies on the Genus Leuconostoc		 B.S.